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article6328824Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:33:15 UThttp://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Google-donates-1-million-to-Lick-Observatory-6071583.php
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Lick Observatory, the historic astronomy site threatened a year ago by University of California budget cuts, has received a two-year $1 million gift from Google to keep its telescopes operating, the university announced Monday. Filippenko said Monday that Lick Observatory needs “at least” that $2.5 million a year to keep operating and improve its facilities for advanced research and teaching. “We hope this gift from Google will start to open corporate doors and jump-start a major campaign for the observatory to become as self-sustaining as possible,” Filippenko said. The observatory is a major resource — not only for the advanced research we astronomers do there, but for exciting young people about science and technology. UC Provost Aimée Dorr, who had issued the funding-cut order last year, praised the “wonderful gift” from Google and said it would “do great things” for the research and education now continuing at the observatory. ]]>
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article5990848Fri, 2 Jan 2015 23:00:00 UThttp://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-s-temporary-tax-increase-should-be-5928248.php
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A majority of Californians are willing to renew the Proposition 30 taxes they voted for two years ago, even though Gov. Jerry Brown said the boost in the state sales tax and the income tax of the richest residents would be temporary, a new Public Policy Institute of California poll shows. The survey found that 53 percent of the state’s adults are in favor of extending the taxes, which were designed to ease California’s budget crunch by funneling an estimated $9 billion of new revenue into public schools and community colleges. If nothing changes, the sales-tax hike will expire in 2016 and the income tax increase in 2018. “The fact that we have majority support for a extension just two years after the tax was passed suggests people feel (the tax) was something that helped stabilize the state’s financial situation,” said Mark Baldassare, the institute’s president and pollster. Independents, the fastest-growing segment of California voters, favor the extension, 56 to 36 percent. “I said when I campaigned for Prop. 30 that it was a temporary tax,” the governor said during a re-election campaign stop in Pleasanton in October. [...] the surge in tax money, combined with an improving economy, have taken much of the pressure off the state budget, which now is showing a surplus. [...] Brown’s decision to keep the sales-tax increase at 0.25 percent and limit the income-tax hike to residents making more than $250,000 a year also had an important role, Baldassare said. In a survey question about income inequality, a record 68 percent of Californians said they believed the state was economically divided into haves and have-nots, and a 46 percent plurality listed themselves on the “have-not” side. [...] 56 percent of those surveyed would not pay more taxes even to maintain current funding for higher education, and 77 percent would not increase student fees to provide that funding. ]]>
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article5264115Tue, 25 Feb 2014 02:08:07 UThttp://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Tom-Perkins-trickle-down-defense-of-the-1-has-5186878.php
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Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins is under fire for comparing criticism of the rich to Nazi persecution of Jews - but that hyperbolic analogy wasn't his only inaccurate claim. Federal tax cuts created under former President George W. Bush were extended last year, but the top marginal tax rate increased from 35 percent to 39.6 percent for individuals making more than $400,000 and married couples topping $450,000. [...] while there have been much-hyped demonstrations against shuttle buses carting tech workers from San Francisco to their Peninsula employers, there hasn't been a lot of hatred coming from Washington, where policy decisions affecting the wealthy are made. Obama has talked tough about clamping down on Wall Street after the financial meltdown, but the federal government has not successfully prosecuted any individuals responsible for igniting the crisis that led to thousands of Americans losing their homes. If Californians lose their jobs or have some sort of other emergency arise, 46 percent couldn't cover their expenses for three months, according to a national study released Thursday by the Corporation for Enterprise Development. ]]>
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